Hinge for closet-seats.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906;

W. A. HENN. HINGE FOR CLOSET SEATS. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1905.

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Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. HENN, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE SANITARY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

HINGE FOR CLOSET-SEATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented June 12, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. HENN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, (Whose post-oflice address is No. 718 Central avenue, Hamilton, Ohio,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges for Closet-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertaining to improvements in closet-hinges will be readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of my improved closet-seat hinge shown in connection with a seat and cover and a portion of a closet-bowl.

In the drawing, 1 indicates the rearwardlyprojecting portion of an ordinary closetbowl; 2, a pair of flanged studs risin from perforations therein; 3, nuts screwe upon the lower ends of these studs and serving to connect them rigidly with the bowl structure; 4, a bar extending from stud to stud at some distance above the flanges of the studs and rigidly connecting the upper ends of the two studs; 5, forwardly-projecting arms at each end of the bar 4 6, pivot-eyes in the forward extremity of these arms; 7, the seat; 8, pivots rigidly secured to the seat and engaging the eyes 6, and 9 the seat-cover having hinged connection with the seat.

The hinge-pivots 8 of the seat are carried by castings secured to the rear edge of the seat, these same castings serving to form hinge connection with the cover.

The bar 4, with its arms and studs, forms a rigid connection between the pivot-eyes 6 and the rearwardly-projecting portion of the bowl and supports the pivot eyes at a point well forward of the studs under such conditions that the two eyes cannot get out of line with each other and at the same time none of the side strains are capable of imposing rotation upon'the studs or of bringing independent lever-like strains upon the studs tending to break the fragile material of the bowl.

I claim as my invention In a closet-seat hill e, the combination, substantially as set fort li, of a pair of flanged studs adapted for attachment to the rearwardly-projecting portion of a closet-bowl, a bar rigidly uniting the u per ends of said studs and provided at eac end with a forwardlyextending arm, and hinge-pivots adapted for engagement with the forward extremities of said arms and with a seat.

WM. A. HENN.

Witnesses:

HORACE O. SHANK, JOHN H. DAVIS. 

